School and Learning
زبان
/ zabân /
noun · language, tongue
Meaning
معنی۱
Iranian families take زبان مادری seriously. Diaspora parents wrestle with whether their kids will keep فارسی as a real زبان or only a few warm phrases. The phrase زبان دراز, "long-tongued," is a common rebuke for a child who talks back to elders, where silence is read as respect.
In a sentence
مثالزبان فارسی
zabân-e fârsi
Persian language
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
زبانشناسی
zabân-shenâsi
linguistics
زبانآموز
zabân-âmuz
language learner
دو زبانه
do-zabâne
bilingual
زبان دراز
zabân-derâz
sharp-tongued (literally: long-tongued)
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
زبانzabân
سر زبان افتادنsar-e zabân oftâdanدرازderâzتندtondزباندرازzabân-derâzزبان خارجیzabân-e khârejiحرف زدنharf zadanزبانzabân
keeps company with ۶ words